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Joanne B. Hames a a
De aAnza aCollege
Yvonne Ekern a
Santa aClara aUniversity aLaw aSchool
Boston a Columbus a Indianapolis a New aYork a San aFrancisco
Amsterdam a Cape aTown a Dubai a London a Madrid a Milan a Munich a Paris a Montreal
a Toronto aDelhi a Mexico aCity a Sao aPaulo a Sydney a Hong aKong a Seoul a Singapore
a Taipei a Tokyo
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, ISBN-13: a 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
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To athe aInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter a1: aIntroduction ato aLegal aResearch, aWriting aand aAnalysis 1
Chapter a2: aThe aStarting aPoint: aAnalyzing aFacts aand aIdentifying aLegal aIssues 7
Chapter a3: aFinding aand aAnalyzing aCase aLaw 12
Chapter a4: aHow ato aRead aand aSummarize aa aCase aLaw aDecision 20
Chapter a5: aConstitutions, aStatutes, aand aAdministrative aRegulations 27
Chapter a6: aStatutory aand aConstitutional aAnalysis 40
Chapter a7: aSecondary aSources 48
Chapter a8: aDigests 58
Chapter a9: aValidating aYour aResearch: aUsing aShepards, aKeycite aand aother aCitators 65
Chapter a10: aIntroduction ato aLexis aAdvance, aWestlaw, a& aBloomberg aLaw 75
Chapter a11: aComputer-Assisted aLegal aResearch a(CALR): aThe aFreely aAccessible aInternet
a 81 aChapter a12: aBasic aLegal aWriting aTools 86
Chapter a13: aThe aMemorandum aof aLaw: aPredictive aLegal aWriting 90
Chapter a14: aWriting ato athe aCourt: aPersuasive aWriting 95
Chapter a15: aMotion aPractice: aResearch aand aWriting aIssues 100
Chapter a16: aLegal aCorrespondence 104
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a a a a
for
Legal Research, Analysis, and Writing
a a a a
Sixth Edition a
Joanne B. Hames a a
De aAnza aCollege
Yvonne Ekern a
Santa aClara aUniversity aLaw aSchool
Boston a Columbus a Indianapolis a New aYork a San aFrancisco
Amsterdam a Cape aTown a Dubai a London a Madrid a Milan a Munich a Paris a Montreal
a Toronto aDelhi a Mexico aCity a Sao aPaulo a Sydney a Hong aKong a Seoul a Singapore
a Taipei a Tokyo
1
, ISBN-13: a 978-0-13-455984-1
ISBN-10: 0-13-455984-3
Table of Contents
a a
To athe aInstructor iv
Syllabi ix
Chapter a1: aIntroduction ato aLegal aResearch, aWriting aand aAnalysis 1
Chapter a2: aThe aStarting aPoint: aAnalyzing aFacts aand aIdentifying aLegal aIssues 7
Chapter a3: aFinding aand aAnalyzing aCase aLaw 12
Chapter a4: aHow ato aRead aand aSummarize aa aCase aLaw aDecision 20
Chapter a5: aConstitutions, aStatutes, aand aAdministrative aRegulations 27
Chapter a6: aStatutory aand aConstitutional aAnalysis 40
Chapter a7: aSecondary aSources 48
Chapter a8: aDigests 58
Chapter a9: aValidating aYour aResearch: aUsing aShepards, aKeycite aand aother aCitators 65
Chapter a10: aIntroduction ato aLexis aAdvance, aWestlaw, a& aBloomberg aLaw 75
Chapter a11: aComputer-Assisted aLegal aResearch a(CALR): aThe aFreely aAccessible aInternet
a 81 aChapter a12: aBasic aLegal aWriting aTools 86
Chapter a13: aThe aMemorandum aof aLaw: aPredictive aLegal aWriting 90
Chapter a14: aWriting ato athe aCourt: aPersuasive aWriting 95
Chapter a15: aMotion aPractice: aResearch aand aWriting aIssues 100
Chapter a16: aLegal aCorrespondence 104
Testbank 123
2
, To athe aInstructor
The aSixth aEdition aof aLegal aResearch, aAnalysis, aand aWriting
When awe afirst awrote aLegal aResearch, aAnalysis, aand aWriting, awe awere aconvinced athat astudents
aneeded aa atext athat aintegrated aresearch, aanalysis, aand awriting askills. aWe aremain aconvinced aof athat;
atherefore, aour abasic aapproach ato athe asubject amatter ahas anot achanged. aHowever, alegal aresearch
amaterials aand athe amethods aof adoing alegal aresearch ahave achanged aconsiderably aover athe apast
aseveral a years. aThe aavailability aof alegal aresources athrough athe aInternet ahas atremendous ainfluence aon
athe away aresearch ais aconducted. aNo alonger aare aresearchers aconfined ato aa alaw alibrary. aThe
awidespread ause aof aall aforms aof acomputer aassisted alegal aresearch arequires athat alegal aresearchers
adevelop anew askills.
However, athe alaw ahas anot aabandoned athe awritten aword aand, aas aany aexperienced aresearcher aknows,
abooks aare aoften apreferred. aThe anew askills athat aresearchers amust adevelop, atherefore, acannot
asupplant atraditional aresearch askills, abut amust acomplement athem. aAs aa aresult, amost achapters anow
acontain aa asection aincorporating athe aavailability aof alegal aresearch amaterials aon athe afree a Internet.
a We acontinue ato ahave aa achapter aintroducing aWesttlaw, aLexis aAdvance, aand aBloomberg a Law, aas
awell aas aan aoverview achapter aon a Internet aresearch. a We ahave aalso arefined athe ause aof asample apages
afrom aprint aresources. a Since alegal awriting acontinues ato abe aa asource aof aconcern, awe ahave aadded aa
asection ato aeach achapter aprovidng aa ashort awriting aexercise awith asuggested asample aanswers afound ain
aan aAppendix ato athe atext.
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away. aEach achapter aopens awith aa ashort amemorandum aFrom athe aDesk aof aW. aJ.
Bryan, aEsq., athat acontains aa ahypothetical afactual asituation ato abe aresearched aand
aanalyzed aby aa afictional aresearch aassociate. aThe amemorandum aapproach ahelps ato
aintroduce athe atopic aof athe achapter aand ato aengage athe astudent’s aimagination.
aEach achapter acontains afigures awith asample apages afrom aprint aresources, ascreen
ashots afrom aonline asources, aor aexamples aof alegal awriting aso aas ato aillustrate atext
amaterial.
One afeature aat athe aend aof athe achapter, aCan aYou aFigure aIt aOut?, arequires astudents ato
aanswer aquestions arelated ato athese afigures. aFurthermore, abecause alearning ato ado alegal
aresearch arequires ahands-on aexperience, aat athe aend aof aeach achapter aare aresearch,
aanalysis, acitation, aand awriting aexercises. aResearch aassignments acan abe aperformed
in aa alibrary aor, ain amany acases, aonline. a(Answers ato amost aof athese aexercises aare
afound ain aan aInstructor’s aManual.) aSo athat astudents acan abuild aconfidence aprior ato
ausing aa alibrary aor aonline aresource, aexercises aare afound ain aa achapter aend afeature,
aTest aYourself. aAnswers ato aselected aresearch aproblems aare afound ain aAppendix aG
ato athe atext.
Each achapter aalso aaddresses aimportant awriting aissues ain aend-of-chapter
afeatures. aTest aYourself aalso acontains aa asection aentitled a“Write aIt aRight.”
aHere
students afind aa awriting aassignment apreceded aby aan aexplanation aand aexample. aSuggested
aanswers ato athe awriting aassignment aare agenerally aprovided ain aAppendix aG.
This afeature acovers aa avariety aof alegal awriting aissues.
3
, All achapters aalso ainclude aa aChapter aSummary, aTerms ato aRemember,
aCitation aMatters, aand aQuestions afor aReview, aas awell aas aa aCase aProject.
aThis asection aallows astudents aand ainstructors ato aselect aone ahypothetical acase
a(many
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